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A fair coin is tossed four times, and people win Re 1 for each head and lose Rs 1.50 for each tail that turns up. From the sample space calculate how many different amounts of money you can have after four tosses and the probability' of having each of these amounts.

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To solve the problem step by step, we will first identify the possible outcomes from tossing a fair coin four times, calculate the corresponding amounts of money based on the number of heads and tails, and then determine the probabilities of each amount. ### Step 1: Identify the Sample Space When a fair coin is tossed four times, the possible outcomes can be represented as combinations of heads (H) and tails (T). The total number of outcomes when tossing a coin four times is \(2^4 = 16\). The sample space includes: - HHHH (4 heads, 0 tails) - HHHT (3 heads, 1 tail) ...
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NCERT-PROBABILITY-EXERCISE 16.3
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  2. A card is selected from a pack of 52 cards. (a)        How many point...

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  3. A fair coin is tossed four times, and people win Re 1 for each head a...

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  4. There are four men and six women on the city council. If one council ...

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  5. Which of the following cannot be valid assignment of probabilities fo...

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  6. A die is thrown, find the probability of following events: (i) A pri...

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  7. A coin is tossed twice, what is the probability that atleast one tail...

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  8. In a class of 60 students, 30 opted for NCC, 32 opted for NSS and 24 ...

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  9. The probability that a student will pass the final examination m both...

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  10. Three coins are tossed once. Find the probability of getting (i) 3 he...

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  11. Check whether the following probabilities P(A) and P(B) are consisten...

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  12. Fill in the blanks m following table:

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  13. A letter is chosen at random from the word ‘ASSASSINATION’. Find the ...

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  14. In a lottery, a person choses six different natural numbers at random...

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  15. Events E and F are such that P(not E or not F) = 0.25, State whether E...

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  16. A and B are events such that P(A) = 0. 42, P(B) = 0. 48and P(A a n d B...

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  17. Give P(A) =3/5and P(B) =1/5dotFind P(A or B), if A and B are mutually ...

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  18. If E and F are events such that P(E) = 1/4, P(F) =1/2 and P(E and F)...

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  19. In Class XI of a school 40% of the students study Mathematics and 30%...

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  20. In an entrance test that is graded on the basis of two examinations, ...

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